Difficulty
Intermediate
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Performance: Clapton's 2001 World Tour
Key: E
Intro:
E C#9 F#m7 B9 x32
Verse 1:
E C#9 G#m7 Bbm7 D#9
Some where over the rain bow
Amaj7 D#9 G#m7 C#9
way up high
F#m7 D9 G#m7 C#9
There's a land that I heard of
F#m7 B9 E B9
once in a lulla-by
Verse 2:
E C#9 G#m7 Bbm7 D#9
Some where over the rain bow
Amaj7 D#9 G#m7 C#9
skies are blue
F#m7 D9 G#m7 C#9
And the dreams that you dare to dream
F#m7 B9 E B9
really do come true
Chorus:
E
Someday I'll wish upon a star
F#m7 B9
And wake up where the clouds are far
G#m7 C#9 F#m7 B9
Behind me
E
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Bbm7 D#9
Away above the chimney tops
G#m7 C#9 F#m7 B9
That's where you'll find me
Verse 3:
Bbm7 D#9 G#m7 Bm7 E9
Some where over the rain bow
Amaj7 D#9 G#m7 C#9
blue birds fly
F#m7 D9 G#m7 C#9
Birds fly over the rainbow
F#m7 B9 E B9
Why then, oh, why can't I?
[Solo]
E C#9 G#m7 Bbm7 D#9
Amaj7 D#9 G#m7 C#9
F#m7 D9 G#m7 C#9
F#m7 B9 E B9
Chorus:
E
Someday I'll wish upon a star
F#m7 B9
And wake up where the clouds are far
G#m7 C#9 F#m7 B9
Behind me
E
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Bbm7 D#9
Away above the chimney tops
G#m7 C#9 F#m7 B9
That's where you'll find me
Verse 4:
Bbm7 D#9 G#m7 Bm7 E9
Some where over the rain bow
Amaj7 D#9 G#m7 C#9
blue birds fly
F#m7 D9 G#m7 C#9
Birds fly over the rainbow
F#m7 B9 D9 C#9
Why then, oh, why can't I?
F#m7 D9 G#m7 C#9
Birds fly over the rainbow
F#m7 B9 E B9
Why then, oh, why can't I?
Chorus:
E
If happy little bluebirds fly
F#m7
Beyond the rainbow
B9
Why, oh, why can't....
Outro:
E C#9 F#m7 B9
I? why can't
E C#9 F#m7 B9
I? why can't
E C#9 F#m7 B9
I? why can't
E
I?
Song History
Published: July 9, 2025
Last Updated: February 7, 2026